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Gov. Brown signs controversial vaccination bill into law

Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 277 into law, the bill that requires parents to have their children vaccinated before entering school.

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Updated: 1:40 PM PDT Jun 30, 2015

Gov. Brown signs controversial vaccination bill into law

Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 277 into law, the bill that requires parents to have their children vaccinated before entering school.

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WEBVTT THE NEWS AT NOON STARTS RIGHT NOW. LISA: EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH AT THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY . GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN HAS SIGNED THE CONTROVERSIAL VACCINE BILL INTO LAW. THIS MEANS PARENTS WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO USE PERSONAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS TO OPT OUT OF THE VACCINES REQUIRED FOR SCHOOL. KCRA 3'S SHAROKINA SHAMS JOINS US LIVE AT THE STATE CAPITOL WITH REACTION FROM BOTH SIDES. THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED THE BILL, S.B. 277, AND WROTE A LETTER TO THE STATE SENATE, EXPLAINING AT LENGTH, HIS REASONING. IT READS IN PART THE SCIENCE IS , CLEAR THAT VACCINES DRAMATICALLY PROTECT CHILDREN AGAINST A NUMBER OF INFECTIOUS AND DANGEROUS DISEASES. WHILE IT'S TRUE THAT NO MEDICAL INTERVENTION IS WITHOUT RISK, THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT IMMUNIZATION POWERFULLY BENEFITS AND PROTECTS THE COMMUNITY. JUST AS SOON AS THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED THAT HE'D SIGNED THIS BILL THOSE AGAINST IT PROMISED ACTION OF THEIR OWN. A SMALL GROUP OF MOMS AGAINST THESE VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS ARE GATHERED OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL TODAY AND HAVE BEEN, SINCE YESTERDAY WHEN THIS BILL WENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. THEY ARE PROMISING LAWSUITS AND A REFERENDUM. THEY SAY THEIR CHILDREN HAVE HAD ADVERSE REACTIONS TO VACCINES. I WILL BE SUING IF MY DAUGHTER IS DENIED THE RIGHT TO GO TO SCHOOL. ON WHAT GROUNDS? DISCRIMINATION. IN CALIFORNIA LAW, IT IS A FUNDAMENTALLY PROTECTED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL. THAT IS WHAT THIS BILL DOES. IT REQUIRES CHILDREN WHO WANT TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN A PUBLIC SETTING TO BE VACCINAT ED. MEDICARE IS NOW HAVE THE ONLY OTHER OPTION OF HOMES RULING THEIR CHILDREN. HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES. VACCINES ARE SAFE, AND VACCINES SAVE LIVES. THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR. CALIFORNIANS HAVE SPOKEN. THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE OF SPOKEN. NO MORE PREVENTABLE CONTAGIONS, NO MORE OUTBREAKS, NO MORE HOSPITALIZATION. NO MORE DEATHS, AND NO MORE FEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT IS NOW LAW. THERE ARE MANY PARENTS WHO ARE EQUALLY EMOTIONAL AND EQUALLY AFFECTED BY THIS DEBATE WHO SAY THEIR KIDS ARE AT RISK WHEN OTHER CHILDREN AROUND THEM HAVE NOT VACCINATED. THEY WILL HAVE MUCH MORE OF THIS COMING UP ON KCRA THREE NEWS. THE BILL TAKES EFFECT FOR THE 2000 16-2017 SCHOOL YEAR. NOT THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR THAT STARTS IN FIVE OR SIX WEEKS.

Gov. Brown signs controversial vaccination bill into law

Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 277 into law, the bill that requires parents to have their children vaccinated before entering school.